Mr. and Mrs Black live in a small house near London with their children. Usually Mr Black comes back from work very late. At that time, his wife and the children are sleeping. So he opens the front door of his house with his keys and comes into the house quietly.

One night he comes home very late. It is 11:00 p.m. But he can’t find his keys. He rings the bell(门铃). Nothing happens(发生). He rings it again. Again nothing happens. No one can hear it. Mr. Black knocks on the bedroom window. He calls his wife’s name. He shouts but his wife doesn’t wake up. At last he stops and thinks for a few minutes. Then he begins to speak like a small child. “Mother,” he says. “I want to go to WC.” Mrs Black wakes up at once (立刻). Then he speaks to her, and she opens the door for him.

1.Mr. Black and his wife live in ______.

A．a small country                         B．London city

C．a house but not big                      D．a small town

2.Mr. Black usually comes back______.

A．not very late

B．before his family go to bed

C．after his family go to bed.

D．at about 10.p.m.

3.Why can’t Mr. Black open the door?

A．Because he comes home late.

B．Because he can’t find the key to the door.

C．Because his wife is not at home.

D．Because he doesn’t ring the bell.

4.Mr Black speaks like a little child because ______.

A．he looks like a child

B．he wants to wake up his children

C．he wants to wake up his wife

D．he wants to go to WC

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mr Black often can’t come into the house.

B．One night Mr Black comes back early.

C．Mrs Balck often waits for Mr Black at night.

D．At last Mrs Black opens the door.

I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden. While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him.                       

“What for?” I asked.

“I’m going to sell some of my stones, " he answered.    

    Nick was fascinated with stones and had collected many stones from all over.  “I’m busy to

do that for you. Go and ask your mum for help." I said.

A short time later, Nick returned with a sign, reading. " Stones. One Dollar Each”. He took the sign, a small chair and 4 of his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden. There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair.

After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn't.

Another half hour later, a small car came down the road. I watched as Nick stood up, holding his sign up. A woman rolled down a window and read the sign. I couldn't hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach for his pocket.

I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me. Waving the dollar, he shouted. "I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar — if you believe in yourself, you can do anything."

1.Why didn't the writer help his son?

A. Because his wife is better at making a sign.

B. Because he didn't know what to write.

C. Because he was busy sweeping leaves.

D. Because he didn’t want his son to sell the stones.

2.The underlined words "was fascinated with" mean “______”.

A. was far from             B. was afraid of

C. was famous for           D. was interested in

3.Nick was a boy ______.

A. who was kind            B. who had a strong mind

C who was honest           D. who had many hobbies

4.Which is the best title(题目) of the story?

A. My son's first sale.         B. Let's collect stones.

C. How to sell a stone.        D. A hobby that can make you rich.

5.From the passage we know _____.

A. the story happened in spring           

B. the car was driven by a woman

C. Nick spent half an hour selling one stone   

D. the writer might be moved(感动)by his son

　　Every person may meet something that they can't __(1)___. Some people don't like dogs and cats __(2)___ they have fur. Some people don't like snakes because they are terrible. __(3)___ have many different reasons. For example, Mrs Lee likes shopping. But she doesn't like waiting __(4)___ line when the __(5)___ is having a long telephone __(6)___. He or she will talk happily to their friends and make the customers __(7)___ for a long time. She also doesn't like salesperson to __(8)___ her around and saying,“Why __(9)___ this? It will look good on you.”Sometimes she will get mad with the salesperson and she will __(10)___ go to that shop again. Mr Lee has __(11)___ problems. He loves reading. So __(12)___ his wife is in the shop, he is in a library. Sometimes people will talk to him in the library. If this happens all the time, he will get __(13)___ and shout at them,“Would you mind __(14)___ away?”He knows it is not very polite. He said,“I try __(15)___ rude. But they are too noisy.”

Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.

One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.

“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”

Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.

“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”

“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”

Barack Obama, a black man, is the president of the United States now. He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas and his father was from Kenya. Obama went to Columbia University in New York and got a law degree at Harvard University in Massachusetts. His wife is Michelle Obama. She also worked as a lawyer (律师) and later worked for the University of Chicago. They have two young daughters.

Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father. “I always live in the dream of my father and American people, ” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And he was taken good care of by his grandparents when he was young. He also lived and worked in Africa. Then he got good education in Harvard University. On November 4th, 2008, he became the president of America for the first time.

1.Where was Barack Obama born?

A．In Massachusetts.                       B．In Kansas.

C．In Hawaii.                             D．In New York.

2.________ universities are mentioned in the passage.

A．Two              B．Five              C．Four             D．Three

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama’s father was from Kenya.          B．Obama has a son and a daughter.

C．Obama once worked in Africa.             D．Obama studied in Columbia University.

4.Barack Obama became the president at the age of _________ for the first time.

A．37               B．47               C．38               D．48

5.Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Education of the President                B．Dreams from My Father

C．Life of Barack Obama                    D．The book by Barack Obama